Cooperation of Space NCPs as a Means to Optimise Services

EU funded QB50 project has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower thermosphere (90-320 km) with a network of 50 double CubeSats, separated by a few hundred kilometres and carrying identical sensors. QB50 will also study the re-entry process by measuring a number of key parameters during re-entry and by comparing predicted and actual CubeSat trajectories and orbital lifetimes.

In the 3rd Issue of QB50 project's newsletter, you will find information on the following subjects:

-          Call for CubeSat Proposals for QB50*
-          Ground Station Network and Frequency Allocation Working Group
-          Sensor Selection Working Group
-          Orbital Dynamics Working Group
-          GAMANET and GAMALINK
-          QB50 Workshops
-          Environmental test facilities of interest to CubeSat teams
-          European CubeSat Symposia
-          CubeSat related conferences in 2012

*Kindly note that the deadline to submit proposals is postponed to 30 April 2012.

The Call for Proposals can be found at https://www.qb50.eu/call.php

Download the QB50 Newsletter Issue 3 - March 2012

Download the QB50 Newsletter Issue 2 - December 2011

Contact:

Isil Sakraker

Aeronautics & Aerospace Dept
von Karman Institute - www.vki.ac.be
Tel: +32 2 3599423  Fax: +32 2 3599600
https://www.QB50.eu/
http://www.twitter.com/fp7qb50